What do these stories have in common? Story #1: USA Today reported that 9-year-old Hannah Robertson scolded McDonald's CEO Don Thompson for "marketing fast food to children." She was there they say, with the backing of her "nutritionally savvy" parents as well as the … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Put Your 7-Year-Old on a Diet
(Reprinted from: Mamiverse and others) Before Karen Kataline knew what a calorie was, she was restricted to 500 of them a day. At dinner, she was not served the same foods as her parents and brother. She remembers being hungry all the time. Kataline was a toddler … [Read more...]
Freedom Comes in Many Flavors
(posted November, 2012) On the eve of the conclusion of what has seemed like an interminable election cycle, I'm in the mood to wax philosophical about the issues I care about most and the country I love so much. (how sad that in some corners, such proclamations of love for … [Read more...]
Boy Scouts: Gay, Yay or Nay?
CHILDREN are being used to advance the personal, political and social agendas of adults before they have had a chance to explore and develop an identity (sexual or otherwise) of their own. As political positions and tempers flair, adults are thrusting their children into adult … [Read more...]
How Do You Define ‘Child Sexualization?’
Before we can have a discussion about whether the sexualization of children is damaging to their development, we need to be able to recognize it when we see it. Why do some people see the inappropriateness of thrusting children into adult sexuality and others don't see it at … [Read more...]
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